SSISD Hosting Meet The Teacher, Other Activities To Help Students Get Ready For New School Year
Sulphur Springs ISD is hosting Meet the Teacher and other activities designed to help students get ready for the new school year, which begins Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. SSISD logo Barbara Bush and Bowie Primary Schools will lead off the Meet the Teacher activities by inviting parents to bring their students by the child’s assigned campus during the designated time Tuesday evening. Families can meet the child’s teachers,...
Sulphur Springs ISD Back-To-School Activities Slated Over The Next Week
Although school will not officially start until Wednesday, Aug. 18, days have been designated for Sulphur Springs ISD back-to-school activities over the next week to help ease students and families into the 2021-2022 school years, including Meet the Teacher, School Supply Drive Thrus, Squad Offs, an alumni basketball tourney and Device Pick Up. Elementary officials too have announced plans for an After School Program to begin the...
SSISD Board Approves Laptop Lease, Head Start COLA, School Naming Policy
A lease agreement for laptops, Head Start COLA (cost of living adjustment) for Head Start and a school naming policy were among the items Sulphur Springs ISD trustees approved during their regular board meeting Monday night. The school board, minus two members who were at the high school watching the honor society induction ceremonies their students participated in, made short work of the regular agenda in less than an hour. Head...
New Laptops For High School, A Tax Overpayment Among Items Approved By SSISD Trustees Monday
Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees approved funding for lease of laptops to replace the aging units at high school, a tax overpayment refund, extension of the district’s depository contract, and English language arts and reading instructional materials. Laptop lease SSISD Superintendent Michael Lamb discusses with trustees during their regular April meeting options for new laptop leases for high...
Administrators Discuss P-Tech Program At Cumby ISD, Sulphur Springs ISD’s $93 Million Bond Election
Over a salad lunch Wednesday, school administrators discussed with interested community members the P-Tech Program at Cumby ISD and Sulphur Springs ISD’s $93 million bond election. The educational Lunch & Learn was hosted by Hopkins County Chamber of Commerce at The Oaks April 20, 2022. Cumby Programs Cumby ISD Superintendent Shelly Slaughter and High School Principal Donna George introduced the PTech program, part of...
SSISD Budget Shaping Up, But Still A Work In Progress
Oh, the difference a couple of weeks can make. Sulphur Springs Independent School District administrators at their regular July meeting presented to trustees a budget that showed a $136,000 shortfall. However, with additional information and nearly two weeks of adjustments, officials reported the most recent draft of the budget projects the district finishing the 2019-20202 fiscal year at least $24,000 ahead. And, that likely will be...
SSISD Announces Meet the Teacher and Schedule Pickup For All Campuses
Back to School events, including Meet the Teacher and Schedule Pickup for all campuses have been announced by Sulphur Springs ISD Assistant Superintendent Rusty Hardin. The dates and locations include: Monday, August 14 5:15 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. ECLC Head Start 3, Head Start 4, and Pre-K 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. ECLC Kindergarten (K) and Transitional First (T-1) Tuesday, August 15 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Bowie, Lamar, Travis Grades 1...
Technological Advances To Be Made At SSHS
The Sulphur Springs High School campus is implementing the 1:1 Tablet Program next school year. Next school year is being described as the “year of zero” by some staff due to all the new learning techniques and advances being made. Each student will receive a tablet, making the ratio 1:1. The tablets will be used to take notes in class, stay organized, complete assignments, and learn interactively. Only one in six students...
